Factual – Page 236
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NewsRaw lands Heathrow doc for ITV
Raw TV has secured access to Heathrow Airport for a three-part documentary series for ITV.
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NewsSecret Life of Four Year Olds grows into full series
Channel 4 has ordered a full series of The Secret Life of Four-Year-Olds following the success of the one-off documentary.
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NewsTom McDonald lands BBC natural history job
Tom McDonald has been named BBC head of natural history and specialist factual formats as the shake-up to the factual commissioning team continues.
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NewsNorth One wins Gold commission
Gold is to profile Oliver Reed, Spike Milligan and The Two Ronnies as part of a six-part comedy commission.
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NewsUK indies win big at Discovery Upfronts
Raw Television, Arrow Media and World Media Rights have all scored major US commissions from Discovery as part of its annual line-up of programming.
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NewsTVF strikes 4K doc deals
Japanese broadcaster NTT Plala has acquired a raft of 4K documentaries from UK distributor TVF International.
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NewsBlink lands Korean doc deal
Blink Films has struck a landmark partnership with Korean broadcaster EBS after working closely with Argonon-backed business enabler The Bridge.
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NewsBBC2 returns to £100k house formats
BBC2 has ordered a third series of Remarkable Television series The House That £100k Built.
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NewsLenny Henry to sing blues for Sky
Lenny Henry’s indie Douglas Road has picked up its first commission – a 3 x 60-minute documentary about the blues for Sky Arts.
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NewsSky buys stake in US producer
Sky has acquired a majority stake in US production company Jupiter Entertainment.
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NewsC4 orders fast-turnaround Germanwings film
Channel 4 has ordered a fast-turnaround documentary about the safety of flying following last week’s Germanwings air disaster.
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NewsDog House Media embraces cats for C5
Dog House Media has produced two documentaries about cats for Channel 5.
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NewsHBO buys Nick Broomfield murder doc from Sky
US network HBO leads the line-up of international broadcasters that have acquired Sky’s Nick Broomfield documentary Tales of the Grim Sleeper.
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NewsC4 goes behind the scenes at NCA
The National Crime Agency has opened its doors to Blast! Films for Channel 4’s latest access documentary.
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NewsBBC unveils boost for NI television sector
The BBC has pledged to increase network spend in Northern Ireland, as well as plough £200,000 a year into drama development and invest £2m annually in children’s content in the nation.
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NewsBBC2 charts Melvyn Bragg’s life
BBC2 is to celebrate the life and career of The South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg with a 75-minute documentary from Storyvault Films.
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NewsBBC Earth and BBC Brit set for Nordics launch
BBC Worldwide international pay-TV channels BBC Brit and BBC Earth are to launch across the Nordics next month as part of a phased roll-out into 12 territories.
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NewsBBC4 goes inside big six energy firm
BBC4 is to reveal the inner workings of SSE, one of the UK’s big six energy companies, in an access documentary from The Tube indie Blast! Films.
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NewsBBC Earth unveils commissioning wishlist
BBC Earth commissioning executive Kirsty Hanson has outlined her shopping list for the factual channel ahead of its launch across the Nordics.
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NewsC4 to turn fixed-rig on divorce
Channel 4 has secured a front-row seat to divorce mediation sessions as one of two Minnow Films commissions about relationships in 21st-century Britain.